Plot to breakout Tombs prison foiled in New York
District Attorney Jerome halted a bold escape plan from the Tombs in New York City involving Henry Mercer who had been extradited from California on fraud charges. Arrests included Joseph A. Shay Walter F. Peek P J Howard and John KR Matter. Mercer’s cell held a fur overcoat eyeglasses and a cap as disguises a time table and money were seized and a car stood ready outside.
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Tombs
New York City
Henry Mercer
California
Jerome
Joseph A. Shay
Thornton J. Hains
Walter F. Peek
Mercer
P. J. Howard
John KR. Matter
Toombs
Shay
Goidfield
New
Peck
Williamson
Nevada
John FF. Melntyre
Noiseless gun exhibited by Maxim in New York
Hiram Percy Maxim staged a public demonstration in a New York office room showing a noiseless rifle with negligible recoil. He fired guns of various sizes with and without the suppressor, claiming the system eliminates both report and recoil while preserving muzzle velocity and power. Experts, military men, and hunters observed.
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Maxim
New York
Hiram Percy Maxim
Jersey Marnhus
Redding
Greely
Ante UN
Maxini
Plunge Over Precipice on Utah Colorado Rail Line
An engine and snowplow plunged 40 feet down a grade near Thaxter pass on a Utah railroad line in Colorado. Engineer J B Lane was fatally injured after being thrown from the wreck. four other workers were seriously hurt. Lane died after rescue efforts failed.
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Kohng
Thaxter Pass
Utah
Colorado
J. B. Lane
Lane
Southern Steel Company Reopens After Bankruptcy
My Concern Bunkens from New York reports that Southern Steel, a $20,000,000 COMET, reorganized in Birmingham Alabama after last year’s bankruptcy and will resume within days. When fully operating, the firm will employ between three thousand and five thousand workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Southern Steel Company
Wirmiinghan
Ala
Bee
Longboat to Hace Shrub Accepts Buffalo Race Prize
The managers of Tom Longtuit and the Iadias runners announced they would take a $7,500 purse for a fifteen-mile race in Buffalo on February 26 with Alfred Shrub an Englishman.
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Hace’ Shrubb
Tom Longtuit
Iadias
Buffalo
Alfred Shrub
Sioux City Live Stock Market Prices Report
Sioux City market quotes show cattle at 5.85 per cwt with top bids around 6.4 dollars per hundredweight. The Wednesday edition records price levels and bid activity for cattle in the local live stock market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux City
Sioux City Ave
Horthy Pleads Guilty in Cleveland Frauds Case
Dr. L A Horthy, alleged snatrimental agent, pleads guilty to using the malle to defraud. He is sentenced to eighteen Foontha in the Leavenworth Peniten Mary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kr. Horthy
L. A. Horthy
Cleveland
Leavenworth
Two Thousand Dogs Exhibit at Madison Square Garden
Two thousand thoroughbred dogs are on display at the Westmlaster Kennel Club annual exhibition held in Madison Square Garden, New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westmlaster Kennel Club
Madison @Ovare Garden
New York
Anticipated quarrel over peanuts on fifth birthday
Anticipated cause arises when Sorroe Ima travels from the country to visit May on her fifth birthday. Nighttime tension erupts as Ina cries that May will not share her peanuts. May denies having peanuts but Ina insists May threatened to withhold them if she shared.
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Sorroe
Ima
May
Ina
Backache Is Kidney Acher Remedy Ad Data
A testimonial from Coryden Longs notes severe back pain and kidney trouble. After using Deans Kidney Pills, the speaker reports improvement and full recovery, with lasting health and no return of the issue. Poster Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N.Y. distributes the product at 50 cents a box.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Drive
Coryden
Lona
Allys
Neng Dean
Poster-Milburn Co
Bultuto
N.Y
Local Hints and Household Remedies Pop Up in Community Chat
A fragment describes a well-known local man and his notoriety, then advertises Bronchial Traches from John J. Brown & Son of Boston for coughs and sore throats with 25 cent boxes and free samples. It mentions Norwel Rivers and a punchy line about a blonde Miss yanstan and a baseball fan husband, reflecting light community chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trown’s
John J. Brown & Son
Boston
Mass
Norwel Rivers
Sporting
One Day Cold Cure World Over 25c Bromo Quinine
Ad claims a laxative brom oquinine product used worldwide to cure a cold in one day. It urges readers to look for the signature of E. W. Grove. The copy emphasizes a 25 cent price and the drug’s popularity globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Grove
London Doctor Claims Motor Fumes Boost Health
London physician Saya Ganes De atroy Germs and Actan Vonic says reduced city death rate—10 per 10,000 in a recent week—stems from horse traffic decline and rising motor use. He praises car and bus fumes as disinfectants, creosote vapors as antiseptics, while critics warn of noise and foul air.
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London
Saya Ganes
Actan Vonic
Heo
Ft Gea
Unlucky City of Port and Prince Chronicle
An unluddest city in the weria with about 70 000 residents. It endured a 1842 earthquake that shattered it, a 1883 fire destroying one fifth, a 1897 blaze reducing a third, 500 houses burned and many homeless. A string of fires followed in later years. Most recently a conflagration swept away 100 houses.
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Prince
Haytt
Weria
Tact
Poy
Postum Beverages Replace Coffee for Health Benefits
A reader letter from Battle Creek Michigan extols Postum as a coffee substitute improving sleep and reducing headaches. The writer notes a brother with stomach troubles who also improved after switching, claiming overall health gains and satisfaction from the change. The ad-like letter ends by referencing The Road to Wellville and suggests many similar testimonials exist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cartree
Montana
Young
Wiktan
Wystan
Cottee
Pousti
Mostum
Toffee
Inyitbag
Mostum Co
Wellville
Struggle at Court for Lemp Divorce Testimony in St Luis
A crowd of about 1000 pressed to enter the court house in St Louis to hear testimony in the divorce case of Lemp vs Lemp. Mrs Lillian Hanlan Lemp’s trial revealed visits of women to the Lemp home and furniture moves during her absence. Witness Lena Corey described quarrels over plants, a comb in a bathroom, a hair sample, a cuff button, and gatherings with singing and drinking while Mrs Lemp was away. Judge Shield said he would shield the couple's six year old son from the crowd in attendance.
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Covirt
St. Lowis
Lillian Hanlan Temp
Wiliam J. Lemp
Lemp
Severe storm sweeps wide area across central United States
A broad storm wall stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians on Tuesday, bringing heavy snow, high winds, and record low temperatures to Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, the Dakotas, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and northern Missouri. Blizzardlike conditions delayed rail travel and affected livestock. The forecast calls for continued movement east with ongoing precipitation over central states as far north as Minnesota and Ontario.
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Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Dakotas
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Missouri
Weather Bureau
Middle States
Lake
Towra
France and Germany sign Morocco accord to ease rift
France and Germany signed a broad Morocco pact on Tuesday aimed at ending the specter of past tensions. The agreement safeguards Morocco's integrity and aligns with the Algeciras framework. France recognizes Germany's economic aims, while Berlin acknowledges Paris's political stakes in the region.
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France
Germany
Morocco
Algeciras
Fatal assault during land dispute in Hearne Texas
During a dispute over land in Hearne Texas on Tuesday J A Keslee was struck and killed by Rulley Wyatt and Alexander Mackenzie, both Black men. Wyatt was captured while Mackenzie escaped. a mob battered down doors of a flat and Wyatt was hanged by a mob. Authorities seek Mackenzie who is feared to be armed and dangerous.
Taft Tunnel Pierced Marks Historic Railroad Milestone
The Taft Montana tunnel of the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound railroad, the coast’s longest, was completed Tuesday afternoon, ending a landmark engineering project and signaling a major railroad milestone in U.S. history.
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Vato
Taft, Mont
Chicaoo
Milwaukee
Puget Sound
St. Pio Company
United States
Fire follows collision at railway yards in Missouri Kansas Texas
One man dies and two are seriously injured after a fire sparked by a collision near the Missouri Kansas Texas railroad yards in Mukogee Ollie Tuesday. Property damage is estimated at 30000 dollars. Local authorities investigate the crash and resulting blaze involving a freight train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoswitel
Missouri, Kansas
Yeexas
Mukogee
Olli
Maine's Onion Duck Battleship Maine Sunk
The union decries the battleship Maine disaster in Havina Harbor. Troi Capt. Bremont, commanding the OF. 5. 8. Mississippi, now at Gian tanamo, Cuba, was received at the Navy Department in Washington on Tuesday.
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Maine
Onion Duck
Havina
Navy Department
Washington
Joc. Bremont
Mississippi
Giantanamo
Cuba
Earth Shock in Mexo Reports Volcanic Eruption
Earthquake reported near Colima in Mexico on Tuesday was followed by a violent volcanic eruption. A lava ridge flowed down one flank of the volcano.
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Mexo
Vicifiiry
Colima
Mexican
Explosion in Aline Kills Three in Zelther Ring
An explosion in Aline caused a second blast at the Leither ring near Zelg ier Hl by Benton. Reports say three men were killed and details remain unclear.
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Aline
Leither
Zelgier
Benton
Popular writer and wife featured in Bohemian set
A prominent writer and his wife in Coteago are noted in a family vignette. Their four year old daughter, visiting a friend, recalls her mother’s not sewing while joking about smoking. The piece includes an ad for Cheney’s Catarrh Cure and a mention of Ball’s Family Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coteago
Pomesatic Eye Remedy Sainted by Physicians
An advertisement laden snippet notes a eye remedy and claim of approval by experienced physicians. It touts a brand touted as safe from Murine to improve vision and advertises broad appeal across readers. A stray exchange mentions a manager and a press agent in a play promotion in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wergy Oy
Palleey
Washington State
Fragmented Dialogue and Advertisements From an Old Page
A garbled OCR collage shows quips between characters Pocini and Esmeralda, playful misquotes, and partial dialogue. Interspersed are ad-like lines for laxatives Gur- Yeld Tea Neo Dumager and Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup, with scattered garbled phrases about gossip, marriage, and a joking judge.
The Weather House Weather Foretelling Device
A description of a Swiss made weather house with two figures mounted on a platform controlled by catgut. Moist air twists the catgut to move the platform and reveal the man’s or the woman’s figure from their door. Dry conditions reverse the motion. The contrivance is simple to make.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Switzerland
Unappreciative Husband Over Appearance Comment
A fragmented note recalls Mem and Meo wives preparing to beautify themselves during a husband’s absence. The wife dressed to impress, hoping for a compliment when he returned, but the husband did not notice, leaving her pout still. The report cites Atchison Gabe as the source of the account.
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Ai Atetisun
Atchison
Gabe
Edward Visits Berlin Regarded as Signifiant Event
King Edward II and Queen Alexandra arrived in Calais on the yacht Alexandra and departed by special train for Berlin. Officials welcomed them in courtly fashion, viewing the trip as a potential for mutual understanding though unlikely to yield direct political results. German papers saw it as a courteous return visit with no strong implications for tensions.
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Edward
Berlin
Edward II
Alexandra
England
Queen Alexandra
Calais
France
French Poet Mendes Falls in Train Tunnel Death
noted French poet M. Gatulle Abraham Mendes was found dead in a railway tunnel at St Germain after a midnight Paris to St Germain trip. Authorities believe accidental death from falling asleep and door opening in the tunnel. He had dined with Baron Oppenheim and wrote a Napoleon play for Rejane theater.
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M. Gatulle
Abraham Mendes
St. Germain
France
Paris
St. German
Baron Oppenheim
M. Mendes
Napoleon
Rejane Theater
Fast Truly Is Wrecked In Coldwater Mississippi
A Chicago flyer on the Illinois Central speeding into an open switch at Coldwater Missouri early Monday left two dead and about twenty injured with several fatally. Rescuers search wreckage. bodies still missing under debris. Superintendent J G Neuderfer of the Illinois Central Mississippi division was knocked unconscious and badly cut.
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Chicago
Illinois Central
Coldwater
Miss
J. G. Neuderfer
Mississippi
Big Swindle Charge Against Chicago Real Estate Man
Milner C. Duensing, a Chicago real estate man, faces a charge of obtaining between $40,000 and $50,000 by mortgages. A warrant for his arrest was issued Monday after he disappeared from his home on December 30. Police compare his method to that of Peter Van Vuissengen, imprisoned for forged totals around $1,500,000.
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Ameans
Milner C. Duensing
Chicago
Duensing
Aimi Tar
Peter van Vuissengen
Dayton Arrests In Murder Case Shake Small Town
Dayton Ohio police arrested a boy and a girl on Monday in connection with the suspected murder of Lizzie Pulhart whose body was found last Friday afternoon. Names of the detainees are not released and no evidence details are disclosed.
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Dayton
Lizzie Pulhart
Earthquake Shakes Mexican Region Near Volcanic Activity
A serious tremor lasting 31 seconds was felt near the Sets volcano in Mexico on Monday. Authorities report ongoing eruptions and residents in the neighboring colony remain unafraid despite frequent earthquakes and accompanying volcanic disturbances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Thirteen Killed In Bridge Collapse Collision
Thirteen men died when a bridge over the Central railway near Turmiberaggue Peru gave way on Monday causing a collision between a locomotive and a construction car. Six of the dead were Americans including Second Engineer Niblock of the American Ridge Company construction department.
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Central Railway
Turmiberaggue
Peru
Second Engiineer Niblock
Construction Department
American Ridge Company
Preach Actor Ernest Coquetin Dies in Paris Hospital
Indian-born Prencho actor Ernest Alexandre Honore Coquetin known as Cuquelin Cadist died in Paris after a hospital stay. He was brother of Benoit Constant Cuquelin who died January 27.
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Ernest Alexandre Honore Coquetin
Cuquelin
Momky
Paris
Benoit Constant Cuquelin
Carmack Case Opens Trials in Nashville for Cooper and Son
In Nashville over 400 men gather on Lenon Monday for the trial of Col. Cooper his son and John J. Sharp accused in the murder of former Senator Edward W. Carmack. The case centers on the 1918 Carmack assassination and involves a high-profile political drama with heavy press attention.
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Carmack
Nashville
Lenon
Col. Cooper
John J. Sharp
Edward W. Carmack
Nevada Assembly Debates Anti-Race Gambling Bill
A Nevada assembly bill addressing anti race track gambling was introduced Monday. The measure sparks a hard-fought battle with lawmakers divided on its passage and potential impact on existing gaming interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nevada
Nevada Assembly
Grip is prevalent again in this brief notice
A short promotional notice announces a free illustrated booklet titled The Truth About Tenma. Requests readers mail a prepaid address to The Peruma Co. in Columbus, Qhin, for the booklet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenma
Peruma Co
Columbus
Qhin
Tarpeia’s Treachery and the Sabine Gate Plot
A fragment recounts Tarpeia promising Sabine attackers access to the citadel in return for their left arm gold bracelets. The soldiers celebrate as they offer their bracelets and then betray her, overwhelming her with their shields also worn on the left arm, causing her fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ans
Tarpeia
Chi¢agn
Whiskey Cure for Lame Back Medicinal Recipe
The advertisement prescribes a whiskey based remedy for back pain. Use one half pint whiskey with one mince saranparilla and one ounce Toria compound, obtainable from any druggist. Take in teaspoonful doses before meals and at night. Claimed as the best known medical remedy.
In Extremia Clergyman Faces Death Visit on Rail Line
In Extremia a one night clergyman is called to minister to an old mana worker beside the railway. A nun and the elder brother bring the summons. The clergyman, in haste, questions the dying man's social status and hears blunt earthy remarks.
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Tate
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Ney
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Geroiny
Iterary
Pate
Mamma
Pew
I. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Loutaville Courier: Journal
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Tan
Hownston Post
Pocini
Cindys
Esmeralda
Miss Goravius
Neo Dumager
Dodds
Guart
Berle
AL. Mendes
Walton
Fast
Tlinois Centra Flyer
Manis
Preach Actor
Casares
Cascarets
Danusz
Wumerius
Llecorereil
Deais
Mike
Pomtour Institute
Nod
Bealan Kelnus
Tee
Othe Andwals
Yen Patel
Thyeruitt
Willie
Levy Lefb
Toiaie Et Utu
Sullgivectiva
Deaen
Geller Independent Chemical Company
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